Sack or bag holder



y 1933. E. R. OVERMYER 1,920,019

SACK 0R BAG HOLDER Filed Oct. 23, 1931 INVENTOR.

EVEPEET R. Elva-mar ATTORN EYS.

Patented July 25, 1933 UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE EVERETT ROSCOE-OVERMYER, OF LA 1?.AZ,INDIANA SACK on BAG: HOLDER Application filed October-2e, 1931. Serial no. 570,735.

hooks forholding the receptacle, which are apt to damagethe receptacle or its contents 39 or injure the operator.

' Another object is to provide a holder which will suspend the receptacle in an open position insuch a manner that even a wide scoop or shovel ;may be inserted into the mouth of the receptacle.

.Still another objectisto provide a holder. so constructed that the receptacle may be Ireadilyjolted'up and 'down so as to settle and compact the contents.

Another objectis to provide a holder which willautomatically adjust itselfato receptacles with different size mouths and which maybe readily manually adjusted'to take care of receptaclesv of difierent lengths.

' Another object is to provide a holder of sturdyaconstruction, of few fparts,:none complicated, and one which will take up but limited space when not in use. I

Other objects and advantages of theinvention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description, taken in :connection with :the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specificationand in which drawing V a Figure 1 is a perspective view of-the improved holder, showing the position of a bag, in dotted line,carried thereby.

Figure 2 isa'fragmentary side elevation of the holder with a portion broken away to showrdetails of construction.

Figure 3 is a perspective-view ofa bracket employed inthe improved holder.

Figure 1 isv aisectional, view of a bagor sack with two or its open ends .looped upon. the holder. 7

Figure 5 is .a diagrammatic view of the general appearance of ;.the open end of a bag or sack as carried, stretched'open by'the improved holder. 7

"Referring to the drawing in detail, and

wherein similar reference characters designate correspondlng parts thruout the several views, the letter A may generally-designate 'the improved'holder and B the receptacle carried thereby. As to the improved holder, it mayzgenerally comprise a frame 6 including base member 7 bolted or otherwise securedto upwardly projecting end walls 8 and 8 forming Ts,braces 9-, 10 and 11 may be provided to brace :and space apart the end walls, which end walls arei-substantially the same height and width and evenlyspaced apart thruout their height. Adjacent the upper end of each end wall and nearer the front 365 edge thereof is a slot '12having a lower and 'anupper horizontal section 13 and .1 1 and a connecting vertical section 15. On the outer vside of .each. end wall adjacentflthe upper end thereof and spaced near the rear edge thereof is a projection 16 having detents 17 and 18, the former l7=ona line with the lower portion 13 0f the slot 12 and the latter 18 on a line with the upper portion 14 ofthe slot:12. Betwee'n'the walls Band 8 is-a shelf or support 20 which is provided with a pivot'pin 21 extending from each end thereof and adjacent the front edge thereof. These pins .21. roject thru the slot 12 and extend beyon theouter 'side' of the end walls 8 and 8 and are preferably screwthreaded at their free ends. A detent arm .22 islpivoted about the freesend of each pivot pin .21 and has a free end so shaped as to enter either detent 17 or 18 thus holding the shelf 20.against horizontal movement along either section .13 or '14; of theslot 12. A nut 23 or the like screwed upon each of the screwrthreaded endsof thepivotpins 21 holds the arms-22 upon the 99 pins. It can be readily seen that the shelf20 may be elevated by removing the free ends of the arms 22 from the lower detent 17 and sliding the pivotpins along the sections "13,.15and 1 1 in turn of the slot 12. When the arms 22 are dropped into the upper detentslS the shelf canneithcrmiove backwardnor downward but :maytip. .A

reversal of the manipulation :last mentioned permits-the shelf to be lowered and secured against backward and upward movement but does not limit tipping.

Carried upon the shelf .aretwo arms 24 and 25, the former pivoted to the upper portion of the shelf 20 as at 26 and the latter fixedly secured to the upper portion of the shelf as by fasteners 27 The rearward portion 28 of the arm 24 is ordinarily at a right angle to the front edge of the shelf 20 and its free end 29 is offset as shown in Figures 1 and 5 andprojects away from the arm 25. The arm is secured at an 25 for stretching the mouthof the receptacle 7 into an open position as shown in Figure 5.

This comprises a rod 31 havingone end'secured to the arm 24 preferably midway the endof the arm 24, and projecting at a right angle to the portion 28 of thera'rm 24, so 7 that it approximately parallels the front edge of the shelf 20 and preferably extends beyond the arm 25. The free end 32 of the slightly over. the arms.

rod 31 is bent forming an eye and carried by this eye is a coil spring .33, substantially paralleling the arm and secured at its opposite end to the shelf by an outwardly proj ecting short bracket 34'. It will be seen that as the spring 33 tends to contract, the rod will cooperate to force the arm 24 away from the arm 25. a v

Means are provided forlooping and holding the end portions of two side walls of the receptacle so that the mouth of the receptacle will be held open and the edges taut. This comprises upstanding inverted U-shaped bag supports 35 the bight portion 36 thereof being elongated an the legs 37 being straight and secured to the inner confronting faces of the arms 24 and 25by eye bolts 38 or the like. These supports are preferably of heavy,

resilient wire and project above the arms as shown in the drawing. It is preferred to slightly twist the bight portions 36 and legs 37 of the support 35 so that the bight portions will not quite parallel the inner faces of the arms but will tend to project Thus, as shown in Figure 5 the angle formed by the front edge 60 of the bag A and the end edge 61 (which latter also corresponds to the bight' portion'36 of one of the supports) will be inner edge of thearm 25 will be approximately 60. This tends to hold thereceptacle more securely. 7

Means are provided for-the purpose of preventing abrupt tipping of theshelf. 20 on its pivot pins 21. Thisincludes a bracket 65 which embraces the frame member 8' as shown in Figure 3. This bracket is A rearward end 66 of the bracket projects rearwardly and is bent to form an eye 67 or the like. Projecting upwardly from the bracket is an elongated, resilient arm 68 adapted to parallel the side of the frame member 8. It ends in a right angled offset 69. This offset projects thru a hole in a bracket 70 secured to the under side of the shelf. 20 adjacent its front edge; Carried by the eye 67 is one end of a coil spring 71, or the like, which is secured by its opposite end to the shelf, 20 by a bracket 72. Thus it will be seen that the bracket 65 can move up ordown with up and down move ment of the shelf, that the resilient wire68 and the bracket 70 will alloW horizontal. .novement of the shelf and also, serve as an auxiliary pivot for the shelf, while the bracket also carries the spring which will tend to prevent abrupt tipping of the shelf.

The receptacle B may be an. ordinary bag or sack, or a similar container of. material, al least flexible at its open end, which may be looped about the bight portions 36 of the supports'35. When the receptacle is in position on the holder its open mouth may be said to have theshape of a trapezium, and the receptacle to have side and will then spring away from the arm 25 and the shape andposition of the arms, together with the shape and location of the supports 35 are such that the bag will be held open as shown diagrammatically in Figure 5. The receptacle is now in position to be filled.

'When sufficiently filled, if it is desirable to compactthe contents, the operator may grasp the arms 24 and 25 moving them up and down, the shelf movingfreely because of the pivot pins, but restrained from any abrupt movement due to tl18',00ll spring 71; If it is desired to remove thefilled receptacle, the arm 24 may be drawn towards the arm 25 and the extremities of the bag "drawn from aboutthe support 35. approximately 65 while the'angle formed "by the rear edge 62 of the bag and the It is also apparentwthat. if very heavy material is being placed in the receptacle, it will in time. cause the shelf to tip and the bottom of the receptacle to-rest upon 4 Changes in detail: may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a holder for receptacles being filled, the combination of a shelf provided with pivot pins secured to and extending from the ends thereof adjacent the side edge thereof, a frame including end walls provided with! slots receiving said pins for horizontal and pivotal movement thereof and with'connecting slots for vertical movement of said pins, means carried by said shelf for supporting a receptacle at the open mouth of said receptacle, means for normally holding said shelf in a horizontal position and means for selectively preventing said pins to travel along said horizontal slots, whereby, while said pins will be prevented fromvtraveling along said horizon- ,the combination of a frame including endtally disposed slots, rotation thereof will not be prevented in said horizontal slots, thus permitting manual tipping of said shelf.

2. In a holder for receptacles being filled,

walls, a shelf provided with pivot pins extending from the ends thereof and thru said end walls, said end walls provided with slots for horizontal movement of said pins and with adjoining slots for vertical movementof said pins for elevating and lowering said shelf, arms carried by said shelf and projecting forwardly therefrom, means carried by the arms adjacent their free ends for suporting a receptacle, a bracket slidable vertically along one of said end walls provided with an arm pivoted to said shelf and also provided with an eye, and resilient means conected to said eye and the rear portion ofsaid shelf to prevent abrupt tipping of said shelf.

of said pins, arms carried by said shelf and projecting forwardly therefrom, means carried by said arms adjacent their free ends for supporting -a receptacle, a bracket slidable vertically along one of said end walls provided with an upwardly projecting resilient arm pivoted to the under side of the forward portion of said shelf, and also provided with an eye, and a spring connected to said eye and to the rear portion of said shel' to prevent abrupt tipping of said shel EVERETT ROSCOE OVERMYER. 

